江西

Chinese

Jiangxi: Named after Jiangnanxi Circuit (江南西道) in Tang dynasty; literally west of Jiangnan (a region to the south of Yangtze River)
region to the north of Yangtze River: So named as the river flows northeast in much part of modern Anhui (especially Wuhu, which is an important crossing), and the north of Yangtze River also lies the west.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Jiāngxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤㄒㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiangshi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gong¹ sai¹
  - Yale: gōng sāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ sai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ sei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kông-sî
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong´ xi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹ xi¹
  - IPA: /koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕi²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Gŏng-să̤
  - IPA ^(key): /kouŋ⁵⁵ ^(s-)nɛ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kang-sai
  - Tâi-lô: Kang-sai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kangsay
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ saɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ saɪ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² saɪ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kang-se
  - Tâi-lô: Kang-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kangsef
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gang¹ sai¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kang sai
  - IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻²³ sai³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: kaan xi (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑ̃⁵⁵ ɕi²¹/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	江	西	西
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiāng	xī	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ kæwng ›	‹ sej ›	‹ sej ›
Old Chinese	/*kˤroŋ/	/*s-nˤər/	/*s-nˤər/
English	(Yangzi) river	west	west
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

江西

(～省) Jiangxi (a province of China)
(historical) region to the north of Yangtze River; sometimes includes the Central Plains (as oppose to 江東／江东 (Jiāngdōng)).

江西 (hiragana こうせい, rōmaji Kōsei)

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